NASA’s Voyager 1 resumes sending engineering updates to Earth
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is depicted in this artist’s concept traveling through interstellar space, or the space between stars, which it entered in 2012.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech After some inventive sleuthing, the mission team can — for the first time in five ...
Rocket Lab’s New Zealand success deploys satellites to separate orbits 500km apart for KAIST and NASA
Following payload deployment to two separate orbits, Electron’s Kick Stage completed a final engine burn to lower its altitude and speed up its reentry to help reduce space junk. Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) , a global leader in ...
SpaceX’s double success a Starlink smallsats launch and the 300th Falcon booster landing
Photo by Satnews captured from SpaceX video stream. On Tuesday, April 23 at 6:17 p.m. ET, Falcon 9 launched 23 Starlink satellites packed inside the fairing atop the 230-foot rocket to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at ...
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China launches new remote sensing satellite
China on Sunday launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket, placing a remote sensing satellite in space. The rocket blasted off at 7:45 am (Beijing Time) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan and sent the ...
ABI Research: Global connectivity demands rapid growth of the satIoT Market
The satellite Internet of Things (satIoT) market is transforming remarkably, driven by technological advancements and an ever-increasing demand for global connectivity. As the world becomes more interconnected, the limitations of terrestrial networks become apparent, particularly in remote and underserved regions ...
ICEYE raises oversubscribed growth funding round to expand global SAR missions
ICEYE, a global leader in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite operations for EO, persistent monitoring, and natural catastrophe solutions, has signed a definitive agreement for an oversubscribed $93 million growth funding round. The financing will further accelerate investment in the ...
MDA Space awarded million$$$ contract to support ISS robotics ops
MDA Space (TSX:MDA) has received a $250 million contract extension from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to continue supporting robotics operations on the International Space Station (ISS) from 2025 to 2030. As part of the contract, MDA Space will now ...
Satellogic announces million$$ in a strategic investment
Satellogic Inc. (NASDAQ: SATL) recently announced that Nettar Group, Inc. (the Borrower) has entered into a Note Purchase Agreement, led by Tether Investments Limited (the Purchaser), pursuant to which Satellogic agrees to issue floating rate secured convertible promissory notes in ...
Vibrint and pureLiFi provide LiFi solution for national security and classified environments
Leading LiFi Engineers Offering World Class LiFi SolutionspureLiFi offer world leading LiFi engineering to solve customers specific LiFi requirements. Vibrint, an innovator in federal technology solutions, announces the launch of Vibrint LiFi, a transformational secure wireless communications capability for classified ...
Verus® Research’s $1 Million contract monitors anomalies for Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory
Verus® Research, a New Mexico-based team of scientists and engineers with expertise in advanced research and development, announces the award of a two-year, $1 million contract from the Space Vehicles Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The contract ...
SpaceX chalks up another smooth Starlink smallsat launch
It's a go again for SpaceX's 41st launch of the year and the 9th launch of the month. Weather was excellent for SpaceX's 180th launch from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station making this the 305th Falcon ...
USSF extends partnership with L3Harris to enhance space domain awareness
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) has received an award of option year five of the Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated Capabilities (MOSSAIC) program — this contract, worth up to $187 million from the U.S. Space Force (USSF), continues the modernization and ...
SpaceX Thursday launch ready to go
SpaceX is targeting Thursday, April 18 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Liftoff is targeted for 6:40 p.m. ET, with ...